Are You Satisfied?
Broken, shattered, disintegrated.
That's what I am.
I no longer know who I am.
I no longer feel safe.
Rape is one of the most degrading, devastating emotional events that can happen to a person. Many people try to deny that they were raped by keeping it a secret, but repressing an attack simply delays the healing process and leaves the attacker free to attack again. Instead, victims should seek out legal and medical help, and a trusted friend to confide in. Often, recovery only begins when a victim talks to others about what happened to them. If you were raped, remember that what happened to you is not your fault. You deserve to get help and emotional support.
Broken, shattered, disintegrated.
That's what I am.
I no longer know who I am.
I no longer feel safe.
I was fifteen and my sister's adoptive father raped and molested me for 2 months. When everyone found out what he was doing they felt awful. Everyone except my adoptive family whom I left. My...
Dark and cold was the night.
As the wind howled and flickered the light,
I got out of my car to meet a friend.
Instead, what I found was a group of men.
Images
branded into my memory,
hot with pain and guilt and hurt.
One night I was with my neighbor's 16-year-old son and my sister. My parents had gone out on a dinner date. As soon as my parents left, he smiled at me and put my sister to sleep. I was...
The smirk on your face haunts my every dream.
Evil on your face, that horrid gleam.
We were friends, no more than that.
You picked me up and there I sat
When I see you,
My heart skips a beat.
I don't want to admit it,
But I'm accepting defeat.
Where once there was love, now only is pain,
I'll never have innocence, ever again.
He took it from me, my childhood,
he took away, all that was good.
I was raped from 5 years old to 10 years old. My rapist was my own brother. I have flashbacks and nightmares. I remember going to the police and telling them everything then leaving thinking...
A high so great brought so far low,
Took what future I had planned for,
Destroyed a family, caused distrust and pain.
No one will ever look at you with love again.
Curled up in blankets, snuggled against the wall.
She took her hand, put it in my pants.
I moved, I kicked, but still she thought I was asleep....
Life became a blur,
Getting caught where we were.
I never get sleep,
And constantly find myself at weep....
You said that you would always be there
You said that you really did care
Instead all I got were your bullshit lies
You didn't once stop to listen to my cries...
When I was 14, I was drinking with what I thought were a couple of good friends. Everyone left but me and this kid whose house it was. He kept persuading me to drink more and more. Somehow I...